Associated Press

Sue Bird’s Career Ends As Aces Top Storm To Reach Finals

This time there were tears, on the court and in the stands. The finality of the situation finally hit Sue Bird.
4 years ago

Horschel, Rahm Unhappy At LIV Golfers Playing At Wentworth

PGA Tour golfers are not thrilled that certain LIV golfers are welcome at this week's DP World Tour event, BMW PGA Championship.
4 years ago

Steph Curry Aims To Inspire With ‘I Have A Superpower’ Book

There's one man largely credited with transforming basketball from a must-see above-the-rim game to box office-long range shooting: Stephen Curry.
4 years ago

Young Beats Buzzer, Aces Top Storm In OT In Game 3

Jackie Young, Chelsea Gray, and Kelsey Plum hit big shots in to help the Las Vegas Aces beat the Seattle Storm 110-98 on Sunday.
4 years ago

Staley: Worried About Possible Slurs Toward Players Vs. BYU

South Carolina's Dawn Staley said she did not want her players in line for any verbal abuse at BYU, and chose to call off the schools' series.
4 years ago

Serena Loses To Tomljanovic At US Open In Likely Last Match

Serena Williams lost what is expected to be the last match of her transcendent tennis career Friday night.
4 years ago

South Carolina Cancels BYU Basketball Series Over Racial Incident

South Carolina women’s basketball has canceled a series with BYU over a recent racial incident involving a Duke volleyball player.
4 years ago

Brett Rypien Surprise Winner As Russell Wilson’s Backup

When Denver Broncos coach Nathaniel Hackett texted Brett Rypien on cutdown day asking him to drop by the team's facilities, the former Boise State star had a sinking feeling that he'd been cut coming out of camp again.
4 years ago

New Rules Make Star College Football Players Millionaires

Glance around the parking lot of the Woody Hayes Athletic Center at The Ohio State University this fall and you might come across a $200,000 palace on wheels
4 years ago

College Football Playoff To Expand To 12 By 2026

University presidents who oversee the College Football Playoff voted to expand the postseason from four to 12 teams by the 2026 season.
4 years ago

No. 11 Oregon vs. No. 3 Georgia Tops Week In Pac-12 Football

Here are some things to watch this week in the Pac-12 Conference:
4 years ago

‘Electric’ Tailback Jahmyr Gibbs Set To Make Alabama Debut

The superlatives have been flying from Jahmyr Gibbs’ new Alabama teammates.
4 years ago

Serena Williams’ US Open Run Inspiring People Of All Ages

That was Serena Williams’ succinct, smiling explanation for how she’d managed — at nearly 41, and match-rusty — to defeat the world’s second-ranked player and advance Wednesday to the third round of a U.S. Open that so far, doesn’t feel much like a farewell. “I’m just Serena,” she said, to roaring fans.
4 years ago

NIL Deals Put Just A Few Bucks In Most Athletes’ Pockets

Texas offensive lineman Christian Jones remembers walking up to Bijan Robinson not long ago and asking for a lift, figuring it was least the All-American running back could do for one of the big guys doing all the blocking.
4 years ago

McIlroy Storms From 6 Back To Win FedEx Cup, $18 million

This year it became easy to overlook Rory McIlroy’s four majors, 30 wins on four continents, and two years at No. 1 in the world
4 years ago

US And Norway Forge Unprecedented Ski Jumping Partnership

Ski-jumping governing bodies from the United States and Norway have forged an unprecedented partnership.
4 years ago

PGA Tour Stars Unified, Pushing Ideas Similar To LIV

Greg Norman is braced for another fight with the PGA Tour but will it conclude in the same manner it did the first time around?
4 years ago

Pick Six: Critical Games Dot The Schedule As 2022 Commences

The college football schedule offers a weekly selection of marquee games between top teams, and some will hit the ground running fast this year.
4 years ago

Ukraine Soccer League Defies Russian War To Begin Season

Under threat of Russian attacks in a war that stopped all soccer in Ukraine in February, a new league season starts Tuesday in Kyiv with the goal of restoring some sense of normal life.
4 years ago

AP Preseason All-America Team Highlighted By Alabama Stars

Alabama stars Bryce Young and Will Anderson Jr. are among four players from the top-ranked Crimson Tide selected to The Associated Press preseason All-America team.
4 years ago

Skepticism And Hope As USA Gymnastics Enters Post-Nassar Era

The blue and red flames of the new logo USA Gymnastics unveiled this week are designed to symbolize rebirth. They might as well double as a metaphor for the self-inflicted damage the organization has endured for the better part of a decade.
4 years ago

Time For NFL’s Highly Paid Receivers To Prove Their Worth

Davante Adams, Tyreek Hill, A.J. Brown, Super Bowl MVP Cooper Kupp and even Christian Kirk are among the wide receivers who reset the market for just how well the NFL pays the best at that position this year.
4 years ago

Patrick Cantlay Wins Another Thriller At BMW Championship, Finau Recovers

Patrick Cantlay won another thriller Sunday in the BMW Championship while Tony Finau scrambled for a share of 28th.
4 years ago

Browns QB Deshaun Watson Settles For 11-Game Suspension

Deshaun Watson will serve an 11-game unpaid suspension as part of a settlement with the NFL following accusations of sexual misconduct.
4 years ago